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Job requirements
Requirements from the employer’s person specification. These describe the role, not your personal match.
Essential
21 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Skills
Good IT skills
- Skills
Ability to work as part of team
- Skills
Good communication skills both verbal and written
- Skills
Ability to prioritise work systematically and manage time effectively
- Skills
Good interpersonal skills, diplomacy. Tact and awareness of others
- Skills
Good organisational skills
- Skills
Willing to take on/learn new skills
- Skills
Ability to show attention to detail and accuracy
- Skills
Ability to adapt to change
- Skills
Ability to work effectively in a busy environment where interruptions may occur
- Skills
Ability work alone but excellent team working skills
- Knowledge
Understanding customer service
- Knowledge
Understanding information Governance and Confidentiality
- Experience
Pharmacy experience
- Experience
Planning and organising straight forward tasks
- Experience
Experience of working with computers
- Experience
Working within agreed guidelines to set timescales
- Qualifications
Educated to GCSE grade 4-9 or equivalent including Mathematics, English and Science
- Qualifications
Willing to undertake and complete (within 6 months of commencing) mandatory NVQ II units required for the post
- Qualifications
Willing to undertake and complete (within 3 months of commencing) relevant modules in the CUH Accreditation for Medicines Management
- Additional requirements
The ability to understand and behave at all times, towards patients, visitors and colleagues according to the Trust values of safe, kind, excellent.
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Knowledge
Knowledge of EPIC
- Experience
Experience of customer service, hospitals or dealing with the public
- Experience
Experience of patient consultation
- Experience
Experience with stock management
- Experience
Experience of dispensing
- Qualifications
NVQ II Pharmaceutical Service
- Qualifications
IT certificates or qualification
- Qualifications
Dispensing/OTC/Medicine sales qualification
Job overview
We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join us as a Pharmacy Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clinical Services.
Main duties of the job
To assist and support in the provision of a safe and efficient Ward-based Pharmacy Service in accordance with Trust and local guidelines, policies and procedures.
To include:
The management of medicines at Ward level, including Ward stock, Inpatient named supplies, waste and recycling.
Labelling, dispensing and supplying medicines at Ward level.
Proactively managing the pharmacy discharge process liaising with the Multi-disciplinary Team (MDT) and pharmacy teams.
Supporting the MDT with Bar Code Medicines Administration (BCMA) workflows at Ward level.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please see the attached Applicant Information Pack (combined Job Description and Person Specification) for key duties and responsibilities.
Due to Home Office immigration rules, a full time permanent vacancy cannot be filled by individuals on a Student visa. Therefore, please be advised that if you are a Student visa holder, we will not be able to offer you a full time permanent contract unless you have: - applied for a Graduate visa - or you will have successfully completed your course and have applied for a Graduate visa before the anticipated start date of your employment - or the Trust has agreed that they will Sponsor you as a Skilled Worker and you will complete your studies within 3 months of the anticipated start date of employment.
This vacancy will close at midnight on 10th September 2026
Interviews are due to be held on 28th September 2026
Benefits to you
At Cambridge University Hospitals, we want to do all we can to support good working days. We offer development opportunities and a wide range of benefits, including on-site leisure facilities, shopping concourse and day nurseries. Our good work programme currently includes providing reduced cost Stagecoach bus travel to and from Cambridge University Hospital site. Park and Ride bus journeys between Babraham Road and Trumpington sites are free, as is the route to and from Cambridge train station and our hospitals. We also subsidise the cost of parking on site for eligible staff.
On CUH campus, hot food is available 24/7 and at a reduced cost for colleagues. Recently we launched the first of our staff pod break spaces. Located in the Deakin Centre, we have a purpose-created colleague-only café, with free tea and coffee, a break space and private outside area for colleagues to rest, refuel and recharge. Just one of the ways we are working hard to support good working days at CUH.
CUH is committed to assisting employees in achieving a good work-life balance irrespective of role or personal circumstances. Flexible arrangements may include, but are not limited to, part-time working, job-share, term-time working and flexible start and finish times.
Please note if you would like to discuss the required hours of this role further, you should approach the contact given. In some cases, alternative working hours will be considered.
We welcome applications from the Armed Forces.
Applicant requirements
The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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This advert is for Senior Assistant Technical Officer - Clinical Services with Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in Cambridge, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Officer (discipline unspecified) role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 p.a. pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 10 Sep 2026.
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